Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rana

/ɹˈænə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables: rana
IPA: /ɹˈænə/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

A large municipality in Nordland county, Norway. See Rana, Norway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Various origins of surname: * Borrowed from Hindi राना (rānā)/राणा (rāṇā), a Rajput surname which probably is a back-formation from रानी (rānī, “queen”). * Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Rana, a nickname for someone with bulging eyes or a croaky voice, from rana (“frog”). * Borrowed from Galician Raña, a habitational surname from a village in the province of A Coruña.

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: राना, -, Rana, Raña

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Ranas (plural)

Rhymes With

anna indiana louisiana montana hannah diana banana ghana lana savannah hanna nana

Questions

How do you pronounce rana?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈænə/.
What does rana mean?: A surname.
Where does rana come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

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